She herself offers Georgos a draught from this fountain, and, after he has drunk thereof, the giant Orgolio spurs out of the forest and, attacking him with a mighty club, lays him low and bears him off to his dungeon, to torture him the rest of his life.

Meantime Duessa humbly follows the giant, promising him her love, while the dwarf, who has watched the encounter from afar, sorrowfully collects his master's armor and, piling it hastily on his steed, rides off in quest of help.
Meanwhile the real Una, on awakening in the hermitage to learn that the Red Cross Knight and the dwarf have gone, rides after them as fast as her little white ass can trot.

Of course her attempt to overtake her companions is vain, and after travelling a long distance she dismounts in a forest to rest.

Suddenly she is almost paralyzed with fear, for a roaring lion bursts through the thicket to devour her.
Still, in fairy-land wild beasts cannot harm kings' daughters, provided they are pure, so the lion--the personification of Courage--not only spares Una, but humbly licks her feet, and accompanies her as watch-dog when she resumes her journey.

They two soon reach the house of Superstition, an old woman, whose daughter, Stupidity, loves a robber of churches.